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Added 5 October 2026

moss

/mɒs/ noun

In Latin: muscus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about moss at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
A kind or species of such plants.
Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
Spanish moss

verb

To become covered with moss.
An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
To cover (something) with moss.

noun

A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
Bro, that moss was insane!

verb

To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.
You just got mossed!

Origin

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”).

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